Back in the early 1990s, when I first started out as a lady technical writer, working with engineers who were all men, in meetings I was always asked to take notes. 100% of the time. Back in those stone age days, I didn’t have the wherewithal to say ‘no’, *and* it was still fairly common practice for the woman in the…

In the 1990s, I was in college and worked on campus as part of a group that brought artists and entertainers to perform for the students. I had dinner with lots of celebrities. Not one on one, in a group, with the rest of the people that were involved in the hiring decisions. All this to say, I believe you had dinner…

I didn’t realize my mom had another, secret, family. Hello, half-seester!

It feels like the Leste people are very ... young. And not used to working with professionals. Also, sure, perhaps they don’t have a lot of funds (or lawyers), and tend to get outraged quickly.

Plus mattress covers and sheets cover up everything. But it didn’t look like the people setting up got that far? At least not everywhere.

If I’m putting myself in Kendall’s shoes, I’m guessing she’s barely aware of the decisions that are being made for her with regards to what she advertises on social / print / on-air. She knows that it’s her job to be a clothes hanger for frippery and to stay a certain sample size and to try to keep her skin as…

I have very good insurance through my Fortune 100 company and an HSA, through which I pay the maximum every year. In January of this year, I tripped on a sidewalk crack walking to the subway on the way home from work and literally fell on my face. I subluxated my shoulder (that means I didn’t dislocate it, but I came…

I know, it’s crazy, right? Welcome to what life was like before the ACA.

Not quite the problem. I think I saw the same smartphone video you did, and if those tents, beds, and mattresses were what I were promised, then I would be okay with them. However, I saw a different photo on the what was it, #fyrefailure ?, twitter feed, that showed a promo photo of what was truly promised, and it was…

I actually seriously doubt this ‘programmer’ knows anything about Linux.

When I was in college, I was in the Associates for Campus Entertainment group, and I got 50K / semester (so much money in 1992 - 1996!) to put on a coffeehouse-type programming event once every two weeks. I even had my own OFFICE. I was a ***somebody**. But let me tell you, that ish was hard. Finding talent, booking…

At the Sausage Factory where I work (computer programming department made up of all men, where I am the lone woman technical writer), we recently hired a bunch of fresh out of college new developers. The lone American developer truly does think that he knows everything, it is insane. He ... is hard to manage. The rest…

For the last four years, I have paid in excess of 4K for the privilege of attending Lollapalooza at the platinum level. I’m not in the music industry (I’m in tech, and I’m 43, so I’m An Old); I just love music, and I’ve also got a severe vasculitic illness so I need air conditioning and also space away from crowds.…

I went to RiotFest three years ago (?? maybe two ?? too lazy to look it up) when Blink played and they put on a hell of a show. But, uh, that was like $200 or less for VIP tickets and not 4K. And I live in Chicago so I didn’t have to pay for lodging / airfare / transportation.

Having paid out the nose for luxury festival passes ever since I turned 35 (I am now 43), and being An Old who still loves festivals, I agree.

YES. As someone who loves festivals and who has paid out the nose for a luxury festival experience before, this is both horrifying and delicious to follow.

Thank you! Throwing in a random woman as window dressing hurts women, and women in tech, far more than it helps. Not everything in STEM has to be about “women in tech”, geez. And I am a woman in tech! I’m so *sick* of it. Enough already.

I’m a woman in tech - middle-aged woman, even - married to a computer engineer who got his engineering degree at Purdue. We work at the same Sausage Factory, er, department, in a Fortune 100 company, developing mobile applications. There’s a reason I call it a Sausage Factory. I bet you can guess why.

YMMV of course. I happen to have married someone I met at work, I work in tech, he is a developer, I am a technical writer, and we still work in the same department to this day. In an open office. Though I do choose to work from home most days because I really do hate open offices (too noisy).

Right? I’m confused about the flak over Obama charging speaking fees. It’s a free country? He’s not in politics anymore? Question mark?